Peril at Pennington Manor (Paperback)
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A Wealth of Secrets
Avery Ayers and her associates at Antiquities and Artifacts Appraised are ready for their most glamorous assignment yet—cataloging the contents of Duke Nicholas Pennington’s mansion. But the regal splendor of this Hudson Valley estate becomes a backdrop to mayhem when a precious Viktor Petrova timepiece disappears—and housekeeper Suzanne Vick plummets from a parapet to her death.
The housekeeper’s suspicious demise coincides with Avery’s discovery that many of the duke’s priceless heirlooms have been replaced by fakes. And Avery soon learns that Suzanne’s predecessor also met with an untimely end. Could the killer be someone intimately familiar with the Pennington estate, such as caretaker couple Ira and Lynn Hoffman, the Penningtons’ chauffeur, or even one of the heirs to the Pennington fortune? With the duke’s entire retinue on the suspect list—including his family—Avery must identify the real killer before they succeed in a desperate bid for ill-gotten riches.
Avery Ayers and her associates at Antiquities and Artifacts Appraised are ready for their most glamorous assignment yet—cataloging the contents of Duke Nicholas Pennington’s mansion. But the regal splendor of this Hudson Valley estate becomes a backdrop to mayhem when a precious Viktor Petrova timepiece disappears—and housekeeper Suzanne Vick plummets from a parapet to her death.
The housekeeper’s suspicious demise coincides with Avery’s discovery that many of the duke’s priceless heirlooms have been replaced by fakes. And Avery soon learns that Suzanne’s predecessor also met with an untimely end. Could the killer be someone intimately familiar with the Pennington estate, such as caretaker couple Ira and Lynn Hoffman, the Penningtons’ chauffeur, or even one of the heirs to the Pennington fortune? With the duke’s entire retinue on the suspect list—including his family—Avery must identify the real killer before they succeed in a desperate bid for ill-gotten riches.
